


CAT(1L)           MISC. REFERENCE MANUAL PAGES            CAT(1L)



NAME
     cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output

SYNOPSIS
     cat     [-benstuvAET]     [--number]     [--number-nonblank]
     [--squeeze-blank]     [--show-nonprinting]     [--show-ends]
     [--show-tabs] [--show-all] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents the  GNU  version  of  cat.   cat
     writes  the  contents  of  each  given file, or the standard
     input if none are given or when a file named `-'  is  given,
     to the standard output.

  OPTIONS
     -_b, --_n_u_m_b_e_r-_n_o_n_b_l_a_n_k
          Number all nonblank output lines, starting with 1.

     -_e   Equivalent to -_v_E.

     -_n, --_n_u_m_b_e_r
          Number all output lines, starting with 1.

     -_s, --_s_q_u_e_e_z_e-_b_l_a_n_k
          Replace multiple adjacent blank  lines  with  a  single
          blank line.

     -_t   Equivalent to -_v_T.

     -_u   Ignored; for Unix compatibility.

     -_v, --_s_h_o_w-_n_o_n_p_r_i_n_t_i_n_g
          Display control characters except for LFD and TAB using
          `^'  notation and precede characters that have the high
          bit set with `M-'.

     -_A, --_s_h_o_w-_a_l_l
          Equivalent to -_v_E_T.

     -_E, --_s_h_o_w-_e_n_d_s
          Display a `$' after the end of each line.

     -_T, --_s_h_o_w-_t_a_b_s
          Display TAB characters as `^I'.

     The long-named options can be introduced with `+' as well as
     `--',  for compatibility with previous releases.  Eventually
     support for `+' will be removed, because it is  incompatible
     with the POSIX.2 standard.






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